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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16

Bismarck passed bis SepteDate bill by
such an overwhelming majority as to
silence completely all opposition. 1t was
one OF the most signal victories the old
Chancellor ever gained in the Reichstag.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16

Railroad communication throughout the
Territory is interrupted by washouts. Sew
eral days must elapse before the damage
causedby the recent floods will be repaired.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16

The u%nanimity with which the Republi-
can newspapers OF Ohio are urging Bob
Foraker to keep his linen on must be high
~ discouraging to a young man who has
set out to be President.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16
PUBLISHED SENH-WEEKLY BY
The Miner Publishing Company,
MATT. ". ANDERSON Manager.
The great transatlantic yacht race be-
tween the Dauntless and Coronet was start
ed from New York yesterday.

Now that the model moral reform Legs.
laturs has adjourned, it is feared Helena
will backslide and become as wicked as
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16

Now that the Territory has a brand new
incorporation law. what do the people of
Butte propose to do with it?'
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16
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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16

EOE sALE[One-third interest In two Ip"aIIc Il
GAINS located on q tributary to pilgrim ent
AooreM Jean Odell, Twin Bridge, ao''
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16
Bullion Shipments for the Week.

the Pacific Express COMPANY shipped
the following amounts of bullion during the
week ended yesterday:
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16

The Montana Union transported over
0 cars to Anaconda on Saturday since
the road vas clear.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16
SILVER AND r

The circular of Mathews q Webb, ore
and bullion brokers, of Denver. Colorado.
under date of 9th inst, contains thefollo~-
ing, concerning silver and copper:
Silver during the week, prices have been ~
follows:
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-16
THE SOCIETY


The Ladies' Literary Society OF which men
ton was made in last SUNDAYS +. Society
Notes" had a very pleasant meeting last
Thursday evening at Mrs. L. j. Sharp'sres-
ideuce. The next meeting will be ut Mrs, ].
w. Reeds residence on Thursday evening
at 7:3O p. m. The questions which will be-
asked the members at the next meeting are
the following:
What are the five orders of architecture
What W. creative minds did the 18th
century produce?
What was England's greatest orator and
Whose writings were first called ESSAYS?
The origin of the term pin-money.
The society is now reading George Eliot
and The Conquest Of Mexico.
a PLEASANT SURPRISE.
One Of the most enjoyable surprise par
lies given by the "Snewy Seven" 90 Tar this
The clarion., 1887-04-13
4 PIuckv PIowbov

Two years ago farmer in Phelps, " Y,
died, leaving a widow four children and an
Sl,s0O mortgage on the farm. The eldest
child, boy of 10, set to work at once to try
ana carry ON the farm, and, according 70 a
local newspaper, he has succeeded remark
ably well. He has pIowed the fields. soNea
cultivated and reaped; he has had sole
charge Of a large number Of cattle and horses
on the farm; he has managed retail milk
business, and has himself marketed all Of the
farm products Last summer he found Tina
after his work in the fields TO paint the house
twice over and to build five new fences. in
winter he not only attends TO the necessary
work about the farm. but teaches a country
school three miles away fells timber in tho
woods on Saturdays, and writes excellent let
ters to the local newspapers The farm IS
not only out Of debt and in splendid condi-
ton, but the lad and his mother have enough
money on hand to buy twenty more acres Of
land.-New York Sun.
The clarion., 1887-04-13

Pooling.

This is one of the abuses the Inter
state Commerce law is designed to rem
edy. We are pleased to see in the Rail
scay Age, an influential railroad journal,
the following denunciation of the sys-
TEN, and commendation of Congress for
extirpating it. Commenting upon the
law, the Age says:
''Tbe Interstate Commerce act contains
some sections which permit OF various con-
structions, but it is clear and concise in
that it kills the pooling system as regards
the division OF earnings or division of the
aggregate business The Raaway Ne1cs is
of the opinion that their death is good thing
for the system neither did good to the ma
ton nor to the railways. They certainly
temporarily lightened somewhat the care:
of managing a competing road, but it did
this at the sacrifice OF improved facilities
| to the public or exertions to increase the
aggregate business. Moreover, the very
basis OF the pooling contract was an I'M
moral one, for it amounted to a conspiracy
| for compelling certain sections of the
country to take inferior service at fixed
| prices. The position arrived at was simi
| lar to that which would arise if all the
| butchers in New York conspIred together
to aggregate and divide the proceeds OF all
their sales, whereby the inhabitants would
| L. inf ht
| result would be of course that many would
prefer fish or fowl, and the aggregate con-
| sumption of meat would decrease argely
in consequence"
This language of the Age accords SC
entirely with the criticism of Mr.. Barks
dale, our late Representative, on the
pooling system, in his speech on the In
terstate Commerce bill, in the 4Sth Con
gress. that we are tempted to reproduce
the following extract from it:
Pooling is the most potent agent of ex-
tortion. 1t destroys competition and Gre
ates a centralized monopoly. 1t deprives
the public of their right to transportation
cheapened by competition. 1t is an agree
ment between the companies TO FIX the
same prices, to force the public to pay
without regard to the cost OF service, and
to divide the profit among themselves.
Mr. Depew, the attorney of the New York
Central Railroad Company, put it mildly
when he said that pooling seeks to secure
to all the lines fair prices, and to prevent
them from cutting each others throats.' In
plain language, pooling seeks to destroy
competition, and while the corporations
are sparing each others throats, they are
cutting the throats of the public from
which they derive their support"
These extracts will show that the ad-
vocates of the Interstate Commerce law
aimed to correct evils which even the
railroad organs adm it were in vogue.
The clarion., 1887-04-13
Express Companies.

In reply to the question, whether the
express companies are subject to the OPP
Grafton of the Interstate Commerce act,
contemporary, learned in the law, has
cited the following decision of the U. S.
Supreme Court, that express companies
are Common carriers"
The defendants in each of these cases
are an express company engaged In the
business of carrying for hire money,
goods and parcels from one locality to
another. In the transportation of their
business they employ the railroads,
steamboats, and other public conveyances
of the country. These conveyances are
not owned by them, nor are they sub
ject to their control any more than they
are to the control of other transporters
or passengers. The packages intrusted
TO their care are at all times while on
these public conveyances in the charge
of one OF their own messengers or
agents. II
Such being the business and occupa-
ton of the defendants, they are to be
regarded as common carriers, and, in the
absence of stipulations to the contrary.
subject to all the legal responsibilities of
such carriers.
In connection Herewith, note the fol-
lowing language of the Interstate com
meree act:
"The provisions of this act shall ap-
ply to any common carrier engaged in
the transportation of passengers or prop
erty, ETC., etc.
The clarion., 1887-04-13
Interstate Commerce.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
having been petitioned by the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association, en-
bracing a large number of lines, for
relief from the operation of the long and
short haul provision of the Interstate
Commerce law, have ordered a suspen-
sion of its operations for ninety days
and the continuation of the old rates
for that period, so as to enable the Com
mission to consider the complaints and
to decide what action shall be finally
taken. The complaint of the lines rep
resented by the Association is that strict
Interpretation Of the law will deprive
them of the ability TO compete with
common carriers transporting the pro.
duct of the coal mines located in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Maryland where local
consumption is very great. Pending
the consideration of this application
the Commission will sit at Atlanta on
the 26th of April; Mobile, 29th of April
New Orleans, May 2, and Memphis,
May 4.
This announcement of the Commits
sion shows that the law vests the board
with the largest discretion, so as to cor
rect extortion and unjust discrimination
at the expense of shippers, and also
to protect from oppressive exactions, the
common carriers. There will be consid-
cradle friction at first, and the necessity
of amending the law in some particulars
will no doubt be demonstrated. But
these evils are transient, and will soon
be cured.
As for the system of Interstate Com
merce regulation, it is founded upon a
wise provision of the Constitution, and
has come 10 stay.
The clarion., 1887-04-13

The unveiling of the statute of Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston, in New Or
leans on the 9th inst, was a grand
affair, conducted under the management
of the Army of Tennessee. Gen. r. L.
Gibson was the orator of the day. His
Grafton was worthy of the occasion.
Hon. Jefferson Davis was one of the in
vited guests He was not down on the
programme for speech, but the calls of
the audience were so loud and prolonged
that he could not avoid delivering an
address, which was marked by the elo-
quence, fire and gracefulness which
have made him one of the most fasci-
mating orators of this or any other day.
The clarion., 1887-04-13

1t has been discovered in Paris that the con.
tents of many of the letter boxes ara system.
atically burned
Engines OF 1900 horse power have Just
! been shipped from Glasgow, Scotland. to ST
Petersburg. They VIII be put in the new
Russian ironclad Sinope.
The Chinese Testament, revised by the Rev.
Griffith John, has just been published. and
the demand for parts Of this version averages
nearly 1900 copies per day.
Queen Victoria's secretary acknowledges
the receipt of every poem sent TO her majesty
and then chucls the daily grist into the waste
basket. None of them are read.
Capt. Moore, Of Wiusted, Conn. is making
a balloon which VIII hold 5000 feet OF ras
and carry twelve persons. 1t is to be- used in
government experiments az Chicago.
About the first thing that hereafter viii
strike the eye of the stranger in Butte. " r.
will be the sign Licensed Gambling House r
which viii be stuck up on a dozen buildings
on Main street
When non-payiug subscriber to The Cali
fornla Pa Messenger makes "a purchase the
editor of that paper publishes the name and
tA0 ANh eiIitl LtiliS nm PUBLICLY lldt ue ought
to have used part Of the money 20 pay his
subscription.
Nine tigers, three bears, SIX rhinoaeroseS
fourteen buffaloes, thirty-two staes and five
wild hogs comprise the game bageed in a
single hunting excursion recently arranged
by the Itajah of Beherr in honor Of his guest,
Prince Edward of SAKE WeiIner.
Mr. Winslow Homer saw Cierome's picture
of the chariot races ia the Roman amphi-
theater, Just when an architects clerk bad
brought it into GerCmes studio. with the
amphitheater drawn in, according to the rules
Of geometrical perspective Other French
artists, before frescoing the walls of churches
and palaces, often employ the services Of
young architects in similar fashion.
Excuse me, sir, said a young man. nudg-
ing fellow passenger in Madison street
car "you have a specz OF SCOT on The end Of
your nose" @Tbat's been there for eighteen
years, replied the passenger. ats a peculiar
kind of a mole, and you arc the ninth man
to ask me to sponge that nose since breakfast
this morning. As rule tho average is about
twelve a day
The clarion., 1887-04-13
Helping -" The Little j.

The Railroad Commission, April 6, re-
duced the passenger rate oh the Natchez
Jackson and Columbus Railroad from
four to three cents a mile This is the
first reduction made by the Commission
on that road.
The reduction of the passenger rate
heretofore made on the Vicksburg and
Meridian, the Mobile and Ohio and the
Mississippi and Tennessee roads has re-
suited satisfactorily. The public have
the advantage of lower rate, aud the
increased travel has increased the income
of the companies, from that source. The
figures in part were given in The CLAIR,
ION several weeks since.
1t appears from the data furnished
the Commission by the Natchez, Jack
son and Columbus Railroad Company
that during the time the three cent rate
was in force on its road, in 1888 and
1884, the receipts from passengers were
greater than for corresponding period
in 1885 and 1886, under a four-cent rate.
For example, during the first eight
months of 1888 the receipts were $780,
539.6S. For the same period in 1884
they were S36, ,620.76. August 20, 1884,
the company increased the rate to four
cents, and for the first eight months of
1885 the receipts were $34, 1870 "a, and
for the same period in 1886, $s3, 957. .I5.
1t seems safe to assume that the re-
duction will ultimately result benefi siaL
ly to the Company as well as the pub
lie.
The clarion., 1887-04-13
The Chairman of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.


Judge Cooley, as member of the In
terstate Commission, promises TO be @
very stubborn obstacle in the path OF
the Eastern railroad magnates who have
set themselves Systematically at work to
make the law odious by all sorts of vex-
atious and burdensome regulations made
in pretended obedience to its mandates
In his management of the Wabash road
Judge Cooley has protested vigorously
against the attempt to advance rates
and has declared explicitly that the law
does not require the abolition of excur-
sion tickets nor an increase of mileage
rates-two things which the Eastern
ring of managers have been doing in
conforming their business to the law.
From the makeup of the commission
these arrogant railroad barons of the
East who are deliberately trying to
nullify law of Congress need not be
surprised to find themselves some fine
day soon with strong eurb-bft in their
mouths.-N. Louis Republican.
The clarion., 1887-04-13
PORTER & McRAE, /
Mas. N. 4. Staten. !

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Desc.
to county. Hon. A. T. Roane, Judge,
White & Witherspoon, for the appel
liant.
D. Mckenzie, for the appellee.
The case Is stated in the opinion.
COOPER, G. j., delivered the opinion of
the court.
The defendant was the owner of Ger
tain plantation, on which she and her
husband resided. The husband was the
owner of all the personal property situ-
ated on the place, ard with it be cult
waited the farm in hi own name and
used and disposed of the crops grown
thereon a. his own. He contracted
. debt with the appellants and died ow-
ing : considerable balance, 10 recover
which this suit is brought against the
wife. 1t appears by the evidence that
the appsllee's husband. DR.. Sssten. Was s
practicing physician, bat the principal
business 70 which be devoted his atten-
ton was the cultivation of her farm.
The account sued on consists principally
Of items Of supplies such as are usuallx
considcted q plantation Or family sun.
plies sums Of money advanced 10 tke
The clarion., 1887-04-13

IF shippers are aggrieved by railroad
overcharges. under pretext that they
are justified in fixing excessive rates by
the Interstate Commerce law, they should
make known their grievances to the
Commission. The object of the law was
to correct unjust Determinations and
excessive freights1 not to authorize
higher rates, except perhaps at some of
the terminal points. 1t is illogical to
assume that because railroad is not
allowed to charge less for transporting
barrel of hour from Cairo to New Or.
leans than from Cairo to Jackson, II
must increase the freight to Jackson a
well as to New Orleans. No such absurd
and illogical regulations will be per-
mitted to stand.
The clarion., 1887-04-13
The Wiser Part.

Too much praise cannot be awarded
the Southern Railroad Association, en-
bracing numerous lines, for appealing
TO the Interstate Commerce Commission
for an authoritative Interpretation OF
the fourth section of the Interstate
Commerce law, before making their
rates under it. IL other lines had been
more intent upon ascertaining the mean
ing of the law and carrying it out in
good faith, than upon making it odious
they would have pursued the same
course, instead of jumping to illogical
conclusions and announcing proposter.
Gus rates. 1t will be found in the end
that the people, and their agents, the
lawmaking power, are masters Of the
situation.
The clarion., 1887-04-13
The Schools at French Camp.

The writer paid visit to French Camp,
Choctaw county, last week, and was graft
fed to find the two excellent schools there
in prosperous and growing condition
The Central Mississippi institute, for
girls and young ladies, and the Male
Academy for boys and young men, are
both under the control OF the Presbytery
Of Central Mississippi, and both are pecu-
liarly fortunate in their corps of teachers
Prof. J. A. sanderson is principal of the
Institute, assisted by his very accom-
plished wife and three other ladies, and
by Rev. A. h. Mecklin, as teacher of the
Bible Course. Prof. :. A. Mecklin il
principal of the Academy. Each has
about fifteen boarding pupils, besides q
large local patronage. Three of the
Academy students are preparing for the
ministry. The pupils of the institute gave
musical entertainment on Friday night,
which was greatly enjoyed BY :. very
large audience. French Camp Is eight
miles from McCool Station on the Lexine,
ton and Aberdeen Branch, is : town oi
several hundred inhahitants, noted for it
healthy atmosphere, pnre water, and for
the intelligence and good morals Of its
people. The surroundings ARE ali such -
contribute 70 The success Of boarding
schools. Board i only ten dollars PEI
month, snd tuition IN al the departments
The clarion., 1887-04-13

Gen. John G. Black, Commissioner Of
Pensions, is determined that the Mexi-
can veterans shall not suffer on account
Of the negle It of the last Congress to
make adequ provision in the way of
clerks, fcr the adjustment of their
claims. He has appealed to employees
for volunteers to work at night in this
behalf, and one hundred men and wo-
men have responded to the call. Con-
gress should see that they are amply
recompensed for this patriotic service.
The clarion., 1887-04-13
IN yiew Of the exorbitant rates estal

In view Of the exorbitant rates estab-
lished by certain railroad companies
since the Interstate Commerce law went
into effect, it has been suggested that
the merchants and other business men
Of Jackson hold meeting for the pur-
pose Of making arrangements by which
they can have their goods shipped by
the way of the Mississippi river at rea
sonable rates. Onr citizens can vel
afford to pledge that they will stand by
such roads as will cooperate, and pro
tect them for length o; time against
loss from cutting under by any compet
ing line. The people who are connected
with the river by lateral railroads are
masters Of the situation if they choose
10 maintain it,
The clarion., 1887-04-13

There is at present a perfect glut o. teacb-
ers IN the scholastic market ia France. The
impetus given by the republican government
to education has caused such an influx Of
young men and young women 70 the profess
sion that more than 20 900 who have gone
through the necessary training and passed
the examinations cannot find places. Most
OF these would, under ordinary circull-
stances, not have become civil servants; and
the increase in the number Of these, IN II
country where the true function Of the state
Is considered by many to be that Of pr0yid-
ing posts for its citizens, is a very serious
matter Science
The clarion., 1887-04-13

LITTLE Rock Gazette: 'Mr. Randall
says that the next session of Congress
will be an important one, and that he
looks for "a general revision of the
tariff 1t is safe to say that no meas
ure of general revision of the tariff can
be devised that Mr.. Randall will not
oppose. But he is always ready to
revise by taking the internal tax off
whisky and tobacco. so as TO prevent
reducing the import duty on articles of
prime necessity. He is for free whisky
and tobacco, and for heavily taxed cot
ton and woolen goods, iron and salt.
Mr.. Randall is great reformer."
The clarion., 1887-04-13
Railroad Extortlon-The Remedy

Some of the railroads have put extor-
| tionate rates upon freights in retaliation
| for the passage of the Interstate Com
merce law; and an inquirer wants to
know what the public will do about it.
If inquirer will examine the first section
of the law, be will find the following
provision:
All charges made for any service rem
dered or to be rendered in the transpor-
tation of passengers or property as afore-
said, or in connection Herewith, or for
the receiving. delivering, storage, or
handling of such property, shall be rea
sonabe and just; and every aryust and
unreasonable charge for such service is
prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
If our inquiring friend who wants a
remedy will look further down the law,
he will find that penalty is prescribed
for its violation as follows:
Sec. 10 That if any common carrier sub
ject to the provisions of this act, shall
be guilty of any infraction of this act,
or shall aid or abet therein, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall, upon conviction thereof in any
district court of the United States within
the jurisdiction of which such offense
was committed be subject to a fine of
not to exceed five thousand dollars for
each offense.
"Unjust and unreasonable charges"
are "infractions of the act" and are pun
ishable as prescribed.
1t is unnecessary for the railroads to
kick against the pricks. They have
rights and will be protected in their en-
joyment. The people have rights, and
they, too, will be protected. Courts are
established for the purpose of enforcing
the laws. Justice oftentimes sleeps,
but it does not die; the majesty of the
law will be vindicated, and the corpora
tions, powerful as they are, will net be
permitted TO do those things which it
was designed to prohibit.
The clarion., 1887-04-13

The damages resulting to persons and
property from the Rio railroad disaster,
and paid by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st Paul Company, were agreed upon
without resortiug to the courts and
amounted to s64, ,6l697, decided as fol-
lows: Amount paid in settlement OF
sixteen lives, SAC, $50; baggage and per
sonal effects, s14,3l697; injuries sus-
tanned by survivors $4750.